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2013 Q School

The 2013 Q School was a series of three snooker tournaments held at the start of the 2013–14 snooker season. An event for amateur players, it served as a qualification event for a place on the professional World Snooker Tour for the following two seasons. The events took place in May 2013 at the World Snooker Academy in Sheffield, England with a total 12 players qualifying via the three tournaments.

2013 Q School
Tournament information
Dates11–22 May 2013 (2013-05-11 – 2013-05-22)
VenueWorld Snooker Academy
CitySheffield
CountryEngland
FormatQualifying School
Qualifiers12 via the 3 events
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2014 →

Format

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The 2013 Q School consisted of three events with 12 qualification places available.[1][2] The three events had 110 entries competing for the 12 places on the main tour, four players qualifying from each of the three events. All matches were the best of seven frames.[3]

Event 1

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The first 2013 Q School event was held from 11 to 14 May 2013 at the World Snooker Academy in Sheffield, England. Elliot Slessor, Alex Davies, Lee Page and Hammad Miah qualified.[4] The results of the four final matches are given below.[3]

Event 2

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The second 2013 Q School event was held from 15 to 18 May 2013 at the World Snooker Academy in Sheffield, England. Ahmed Saif, Ross Muir, Ryan Clark and Alexander Ursenbacher qualified.[5][6] The results of the four final matches are given below.[7]

Event 3

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The third 2013 Q School event was held from 19 to 22 May 2013 at the World Snooker Academy in Sheffield, England. David Morris, Lee Spick, Chris Wakelin and Fraser Patrick qualified.[8][9][10] The results of the four final matches are given below.[11]

Q School Order of Merit

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A Q School Order of Merit was produced for players who didn't qualify from the three events. The Order of Merit was used to top up fields for the 2013–14 snooker season where an event failed to attract the required number of entries. The rankings in the Order of Merit were based on the number of frames won in the three Q School events. Players who received a bye into the second round were awarded four points for round one. Where players were equal, those who won the most frames in the first event were ranked higher and, if still equal, the player with most frames in event two.[12]

The leading players in the Q School Order of Merit are given below.[13]

Rank Player Event 1 Event 2 Event 3 Total
1   Adam Wicheard 14 8 18 40
2   Mitchell Travis 17 12 9 38
3   Gareth Green 16 2 17 35
4   Duane Jones 9 7 18 34
5   Sanderson Lam 13 10 10 33
6   Zak Surety 4 17 11 32
7   Ashley Carty 5 7 19 31
8   Antony Parsons 3 14 14 31
9   Darren Cook 13 2 15 30
10   Josh Boileau 11 6 13 30

Two-season performance of qualifiers

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The following table shows the rankings of the 12 qualifiers from the 2013 Q School, at the end of the 2014–15 snooker season, the end of their two guaranteed seasons on the tour, together with their tour status for the 2015–16 snooker season. Players in the top-64 of the rankings retained their place on the tour while those outside the top-64 lost their place unless they qualified under a different category.[14][15][16]

Player End of 2014–15 season Status for 2015–16 season
Money Ranking
  Elliot Slessor (ENG) 14,901 91 Amateur
  Alex Davies (ENG) 28,194 76 Amateur
  Lee Page (ENG) 5,860 108 Amateur
  Hammad Miah (ENG) 9,260 100 Amateur
  Ahmed Saif (QAT) 1,700 117 Amateur
  Ross Muir (SCO) 9,835 99 Qualified through the Asian Tour Order of Merit[17]
  Ryan Clark (ENG) 694 121 Amateur
  Alexander Ursenbacher (SUI) 1,683 119 Amateur
  David Morris (IRL) 70,016 51 Retained place on tour
  Lee Spick (ENG) – – Died in January 2015
  Chris Wakelin (ENG) 47,415 69 Amateur
  Fraser Patrick (SCO) 28,099 77 Qualified through the European Tour Order of Merit[18]

References

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  1. ^ "Guide to Q School". World Snooker. Archived from the original on 27 November 2013. Retrieved 26 September 2023.
  2. ^ "2013 World Snooker Q School - News". World Snooker. Archived from the original on 31 May 2013. Retrieved 26 September 2023.
  3. ^ a b "Qualifying School - Event One (2013) - snooker.org". www.snooker.org.
  4. ^ "Quartet earn tour cards". World Snooker. 14 May 2013. Archived from the original on 10 June 2013.
  5. ^ "Qatari And Swiss Qualify For Tour". World Snooker. 18 May 2013. Archived from the original on 10 November 2013.
  6. ^ "Qatar's Saif wins place on pro Tour". The Peninsula Qatar. 24 May 2013.
  7. ^ "Qualifying School - Event Two (2013) - snooker.org". www.snooker.org.
  8. ^ "Wonderful Wakelin Earns Tour Place". World Snooker. 22 May 2013. Archived from the original on 8 June 2013.
  9. ^ Caulfield, David (23 May 2013). "Morris Regains Professional Status". Snooker HQ.
  10. ^ Barnes, Dan (31 May 2013). "Not the break that Adam had in mind". Wiltshire Times.
  11. ^ "Qualifying School - Event Three (2013) - snooker.org". www.snooker.org.
  12. ^ "Q School Order of Merit". worldsnooker.com. 19 June 2013. Archived from the original on 23 June 2013.
  13. ^ "Q School Order of Merit (2012) - snooker.org". www.snooker.org.
  14. ^ "World Rankings: After the 2015 Betfred World Championship". World Snooker. Archived from the original on 5 May 2015. Retrieved 30 September 2023.
  15. ^ "Rankings (2014/2015) - snooker.org". www.snooker.org.
  16. ^ "Tour Players 2015/2016" (PDF). World Snooker. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 February 2020. Retrieved 30 September 2023.
  17. ^ "2014-2015 Asian Tour Order Of Merit" (PDF). World Snooker. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 February 2015. Retrieved 30 September 2023.
  18. ^ "Order of Merit after the Kreativ Dental Gdynia Open" (PDF). World Snooker. 6 March 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 April 2015.
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